Now, can the (or is) the online space do/doing this? Should it? Is coworking a model for us? Do some of the already existing online technology allow “digital coworking”?

Unsure.

The jury’s still out for me, but I’d be curious if anyone’s got any experience on this one, because obviously I’d be doing it b/c I’m a lonely internet-er and not because I want community or anything cool like that.

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I think this is a great idea. I like the digital co-working idea, but have no clue on how I would even implement it or with whom. I like the idea of collaboration and bouncing ideas off of each other.

My business partner/wife is a designer so she does not quite get it when I talk about programming and shows a slight interest to make me happy, but I know she either could care less or has no clue what I am talking about.

I think that is why I like blogs so much right now. Using the comments as a little more of a discussion board allows us to have more convos than I would normally have sitting in the office by myself.

I assume that Carlos and you get to work with each other down at NorthPoint. If that is the case, I bet you guys have a great time. I love reading all three of your blogs and if I ever come down to the ATL for the weekend I will have come and check out one of your churches.

ah, unfortunately @loswhit and i are on different campuses… but, he makes a stop by up here at the alpharetta campus once a week or so and i go south to the buckhead campus. he's only a tweet away though…!

I know that Tom Kelley at IDEO writes about coworking and is a proponent. I really hate being by myself in my office. I think that separate offices can help to build silos. I do whatever I can to stay out of my office. My desk phone doesn't work so everybody calls me on my cell which helps my nomadic tendencies. The collaborative community invites more immediate feedback and allows for quicker refinement of ideas. Plus things seem to be funnier in a group of people. Do you laugh more by yourself or when you are in the company of others?

That was a great definition for coworking! I was tired of the isolation of working at home, and i started searching some options, then i found a great coworking company here in Brazil! My coworking experience here was awesome, and i recommend it to all my friends, if someone gets interested about which one coworking i was working here in south america here’s the link: http://www.coworking-itaim.com